NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

unoconv is a command line utility that can convert any file format that
OpenOffice can import, to any file format that OpenOffice is capable of
exporting.
unoconv uses the OpenOffice’s UNO bindings for non-interactive
conversion of documents and therefor needs an OpenOffice instance to
communicate with. Therefore if it cannot find one, it will start its
own instance for temporary usage. If desired, one can start a
“listener” instance to use for subsequent connections or even for
remote connections.

OPTIONS

-c, --connection
UNO connection string to be used by the client to connect to an
OpenOffice instance, or used by the listener to make OpenOffice
listen.
Default connection string is "socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext"
-d, --doctype
Specify the OpenOffice document type of the backend format.
Possible document types are: document, graphics, presentation,
spreadsheet.
Default document type is ’document’.
-f, --format
Specify the output format for the document. You can get a list
of possible output formats per document type by using the --list
option.
Default document type is ’pdf’.
-l, --listener
Start unoconv as listener for unoconv clients to connect to.
-p, --port
Port to listen on (as listener) or to connect to (as client).
Default port is ’2002’.
-s, --server
Server (address) to listen on (as listener) or to connect to (as
client).
Default server is ’localhost’.
--show List the possible output formats to be used with -f.
--stdout
Print converted output file to stdout.
-v, --verbose
Be more and more and more verbose.

ARGUMENTS

You can provide one or more files as arguments to convert each of them
to the specified outputformat.

EXAMPLES

You can use unoconv in standalone mode, this means that in absence of
an OpenOffice listener, it will starts its own:
unoconv -f pdf some-document.odt
One can use unoconv as a listener (by default localhost:2002) to let
other unoconv instances connect to it:
unoconv --listener &
unoconv -f pdf some-document.odt
unoconv -f doc other-document.odt
unoconv -f jpg some-image.png
unoconv -f xsl some-spreadsheet.csv
kill -15 %-
This also works on a remote host:
unoconv --listener --server 1.2.3.4 --port 4567
and then connect another system to convert documents:
unoconv --server 1.2.3.4 --port 4567

BUGS

unoconv uses the UNO bindings to connect to OpenOffice, in absence of a
usable socket, it will start its own OpenOffice instance with the
correct parameters. However, OpenOffice requires a working DISPLAY
(even with -headless option) and therefor you cannot run it in a true
console, you need X.
Note
Please see the TODO file for known bugs and future plans.